It just doesn’t make sense.
New York Yankees outfielder Mike Tauchman is on some tear, and is now the one leading the team in the season of the injury.
Monday’s win over the Orioles was just another example of his dominance of late. He went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three runs driven in. Fellow outfielder Brett Gardner also went 3-for-4 in that game with a home run.
His average is now beginning to sneak up to .300 (.294 after Monday), and has nine home runs and 34 RBIs on the year. He had just two RBIs in his career prior to becoming a Yankee.
Tauchman also has the best slugging percentage on the team at .541 (Tulowitzki actually has a higher slugging, but had 11 whole at-bats so he doesn’t count).
The Astros Of Offense
Yankee fans can’t give the Astros crap for getting bad pitchers and turning them into studs, because the Yankees do the same thing with batters.
Guys like Tauchman, Luke Voit, Gio Urshela, and Breyvic Valera from out of the organization, and guys like Thairo Estrada, Mike Ford, and Tyler Wade from within have impacted this years team.
Guys without much major league experience are coming up to the Yankees and hitting the cover off the ball, and other teams can’t stop them. The Yankees have so much depth, and the injuries don’t seem to matter because no matter who is in the lineup, the Yankees keep winning. For example, Austin Romine has been raking ever since he was tagged as the starting catcher with Gary Sanchez injured.
The Yankees just need to keep playing the way they are, and soon the reinforcements will be back and the team should have a lot of options on who to use on the playoff roster.